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Cineworld to close all UK and US venues putting thousands of jobs at risk World’s second-biggest cinema chain to close 536 US theatres and 127 UK sites amid Covid-19 crisisBritain’s biggest cinema chain, Cineworld, is to shut all its UK and US venues, putting up to 5,500 jobs in Britain at risk, after the latest James Bond movie was delayed into next year.Cineworld, which owns the Regal cinema and Picturehouse chains, is understood to be preparing to announce plans to close all its 127 theatres in the UK as soon as Monday. It is also closing all its 536 Regal cinemas in the US. Cineworld employed 37,000 people globally before the pandemic, with 5,500 in the UK. Continue reading... Go to Source

Confusion mounts over Trump's true condition after doctor's Covid briefing – live Source reported to be White House chief of staff Mark Meadows says Trump’s next 48 hours ‘will be critical’Chris Christie confirms he has Covid-19Trump’s base stays loyal as president fights CovidSign up for Fight to Vote – our weekly US election newsletter 6.50pm BST Scientists still lack conclusive proof that the two anti-Covid drugs given to Donald Trump are clinically effective.UK researchers point out that both medicines – remdesivir and REGN-COV2 – have still to complete the large-scale, randomised trials needed to demonstrate fully their ability to counter Covid-19 in patients. And many have criticised US authorities for their failures to carry out such trials. This has undermined efforts to find ef...

How healthy is Trump? Years of misinformation make it difficult to know The president’s doctors have been prone to hyperbole, even as concern has grown over his weight and a secretive hospital visitOn Friday morning, ex-White House doctor Ronny Jackson confidently told Fox News that Donald Trump was not exhibiting any symptoms from coronavirus. Related: Scramble under way in Washington to trace spread of Covid among US leadership Continue reading... Go to Source

Anti-Covid treatments being given to Trump are still unproven, say experts Neither remdesivir nor REGN-COV2 have completed large-scale randomised trials, say UK scientistsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageScientists still lack conclusive proof that the two anti-Covid drugs given to Donald Trump are clinically effective.UK researchers point out that both medicines – remdesivir and REGN-COV2 – have still to complete the large-scale, randomised trials needed to demonstrate fully their ability to counter Covid-19 in patients. And many have criticised US authorities for their failures to carry out such trials. This has undermined efforts to find effective medicines to treat people affected by the disease. Continue reading... Go to Source

Johnson and Von der Leyen extend Brexit talks by a month UK and EU leaders instruct chief negotiators to work harder to close gaps on dealBoris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen have approved a further month of Brexit negotiations after agreeing that enough progress has been made to justify a last push to reach a deal on trade and security.The EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, will travel to London this week for talks with his British counterpart, David Frost, and the two sides will then hold follow-up talks in Brussels the week after. Continue reading... Go to Source

UK Covid testing cutoff quietly extended to eight days after first signs Exclusive: confusion as helpline staff say tests not accurate after more than five daysCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe government has quietly changed its guidance on the number of days within which people with coronavirus symptoms should get tested, the Guardian has learned, raising fears that the disease could spread quicker.On the government’s website, people are now told: “On day eight, you need to go to a test site” after an apparent change on Friday morning. Earlier in the day it was quoted as saying: “You need to get the test done in the first five days of having symptoms.” Continue reading... Go to Source

Coronavirus live news: Trump treated with remdesivir in hospital after Covid diagnosis as allies test positive Attention has turned to the White House ceremony where Donald Trump named his supreme court nominee as a potential super spreader eventScrutiny on Rose Garden event after Conway and others test positiveWhite House doctor: president is ‘fatigued but in good spirits’Trump’s symptoms include low-grade fever and cough, reports sayBiden: Trump’s test ‘bracing reminder’ to ‘take this virus seriously’Biden and his wife test negative for coronavirus 6.43am BST What do we know about remdesivir, the experimental drug being given to Donald Trump?Remdesivir was approved for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration in May, after evidence suggested it could help Covid-19 patients...

'Covid-19 in the White House' – what the papers say after Trump's positive test British newspaper front pages as the US president, Donald Trump, goes into hospital with coronavirusSome of the UK papers play the big story of the moment with a fairly straight bat but others draw attention to the irony of Donald Trump testing positive for coronavirus, having repeatedly played down the pandemic.The i puts one of the president’s innumerable tweets at the centre of its front page. The headline is “Covid-19 in the White House” and the tweet from February says: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA”. Continue reading... Go to Source

Scrutiny on Rose Garden event after Kellyanne Conway and other guests test positive for Covid At least seven people who attended event for Trump’s supreme court nominee have confirmed they have coronavirusA crowded Rose Garden ceremony last Saturday at which Donald Trump announced Amy Coney Barrett as his supreme court nominee has come under scrutiny after at least seven figures in attendance tested positive for coronavirus, including the president himself.On Friday, the president’s former counsellor, Kellyanne Conway, announced she had tested positive and had “mild” symptoms. Continue reading... Go to Source

One in three 'red wall' families £1,000 a year worse off under Tory plans Universal credit benefit rate cut would disproportionately affect areas PM pledged to ‘level up’ Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOne in three working-age families in so-called “red wall” constituencies won by the Tories from Labour at the last election will be £1,000 a year worse off if government plans to cut universal credit benefit rates go ahead.The potentially dramatic impact on low-income households’ in “left behind” former industrial areas in the north of England, Midlands, Northern Ireland and Wales is highlighted in an analysis by the Resolution Foundation thinktank. Continue reading... Go to Source

Police investigate Margaret Ferrier as MP defies calls to step down Met police launch investigation as Labour joins calls for former SNP MP to ‘do the right thing’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMargaret Ferrier, the MP who broke Covid rules, clung to her position throughout Friday despite vociferous calls to quit from the SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, and other politicians.Downing Street was alone in not calling for the resignation of the Scottish MP, who spoke in the Commons while awaiting the result of a coronavirus test and then travelled by train from London to Scotland after testing positive. Continue reading... Go to Source

Donald Trump tests positive for Covid and goes into quarantine – live updates President to quarantine days after taking part in TV debate and campaign rally in MinnesotaFull report: President and first lady test positiveWhat we know and don’t knowFears Joe Biden may have been exposed at debate with TrumpAnalysis: A surprise that many saw comingSign up for Fight to Vote – our weekly US election newsletter 12.31pm BST If you are just joining us, here’s a summary from my colleague Helen Sullivan of what we know so far: 12.28pm BST CNN are reporting that “a source familiar with his plans” has told them that former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is planning to get a coronavirus test this morning, in light of the news of Donald Trump’s positive diagnosis. Contin...

Trump's positive Covid test was a surprise that many saw coming The president has been cavalier throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Now, a month before the election, this changes everythingDonald and Melania Trump test positive for coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt is likely to go down as the biggest “October surprise” in the history of US presidential elections. Yet anyone who was paying attention could have seen it coming.Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus after claiming “it will disappear”, telling the journalist Bob Woodward he was downplaying it deliberately, failing to develop a national testing strategy, refusing to wear a face mask for months, floating the idea of injecting patients with bleach, insisting to one of his many ...

Fears for Joe Biden after Trump tests positive for Covid White House rushes to assess spread of virus in top US ranks in week of presidential debateCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA scramble is under way in Washington to determine how far coronavirus infection has spread in the top ranks of US leadership after Donald Trump tested positive, in a week that included a presidential debate, political rallies and White House meetings with Congress.The White House said its medical unit had begun contact tracing on Thursday. Among those who may have been exposed is the Democratic challenger for the presidency, Joe Biden, who stood a few metres away from Trump for the 90 minutes of Tuesday night’s televised debate. Epidemiologists said that if Trump tested positive on...

UK coronavirus live: Sturgeon calls for Margaret Ferrier to quit, as Speaker condemns 'serious breach' of rules News updates: first minister says Ferrier’s travel from London to Scotland after positive test ‘indefensible’; Lindsay Hoyle calls MP ‘reckless’MP Margaret Ferrier suspended from SNP for taking train after positive testHome Office moved Covid-affected asylum seekers against ordersThe most common ways we’re wearing face masks incorrectlyGlobal coronavirus updates – liveUS coronavirus updates - live 12.47pm BST Angela Merkel has described the UK internal market bill as a “very bitter moment”. Jennifer Rankin, the Guardian Brussels correspondent, is live-tweeting her comments:Angela Merkel says she cannot tell if there will be a Brexit breakthrough. "A lot will be determined by ...

Boris Johnson to speak to EC chief on Saturday in last-ditch Brexit talks Prime minister and Ursula von der Leyen will ‘take stock and discuss next steps’, says No 10Boris Johnson and the European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, will speak on Saturday afternoon for the first time since June, it has been announced, in an eleventh-hour attempt to find common ground on a trade and security deal.After the latest and last scheduled round of negotiations in Brussels, a Downing Street spokesman said the prime minister would “take stock of negotiations and discuss next steps” with the commission president. Continue reading... Go to Source

Coronavirus live news: Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, test positive for Covid Trump and Melania test positive; Hope Hicks, one of Trump’s most senior advisers, flew with Trump on Air Force One on Wednesday; Bars and restaurants in Paris face closure from Monday. Follow the latest updatesIndia’s death toll nears 100,000Crisis could force extra 2.5m girls into child marriage – charityTurkey and Poland added to England’s quarantine listBeijing’s streets during and after Covid lockdown – in pictures 6.50am BST Trump has cancelled Friday’s rally in Arizona: NEW: In light of Pres. Trump's positive coronavirus test, the president has canceled Friday's rally. His only scheduled event is a closed press call on COVID-19 support to “vulnerable seniors.” https://t.co/27SZo2Fus3 6.46am BST One ...

Friday briefing: Donald and Melania Trump test positive for Covid Diagnosis follows presidential aide Hope Hicks testing positive... calls for Margaret Ferrier to resign ... and asylum seekers moved despite Covid self-isolation orders Good morning and welcome to this Friday briefing with me, Alison Rourke. Continue reading... Go to Source

Home Office moved Covid-affected asylum seekers against orders Dozens moved from Birmingham to London despite instructions to self-isolateCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Home Office moved dozens of asylum seekers involved in a Covid outbreak more than 120 miles despite an enforcement order saying they should remain in self-isolation for 14 days, the Guardian has learned.Home Office contractors have been accused of being “beyond reckless” in their handling of the initial outbreak. Continue reading... Go to Source

SNP MP Margaret Ferrier suspended for taking train after positive Covid test Ferrier travelled from London to Scotland knowing she had coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn SNP MP has been suspended from her party and faced multiple calls to resign after taking a train from London to Scotland knowing that she had tested positive for Covid-19.Margaret Ferrier, the SNP MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, apologised unreservedly for major breaches of Covid regulations. It emerged that it was nearly two days after receiving the positive result that she told her party whip. Continue reading... Go to Source

Government offshore asylum idea attacked as 'morally bankrupt' Rights groups and charities unite to oppose sending refugees to remote islands Humanitarian groups and charities have reacted with fury to revelations that No 10 officials explored sending asylum seekers to offshore detention centres in Moldova, Morocco and south Atlantic islands, branding the move “morally bankrupt”.A source close to the Home Office told the Guardian that the prime minister’s chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, had become “obsessed with the Channel crossings” in the weeks before documents on the implications of the idea were produced in mid-September. Continue reading... Go to Source

England: Covid cases have doubled under most local lockdowns Exclusive: Leaders and experts blame confusing rules for rise in infections in 11 of 16 locationsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCoronavirus cases have doubled in the majority of English cities and towns that are subject to long-term local lockdowns, Guardian analysis has found, amid growing concern that restrictions are confusing and done “on the cheap”.In 11 out of 16 English cities and towns where restrictions were imposed nine weeks ago, the infection rate has at least doubled, with cases in five areas of Greater Manchester rising faster than the England average in that time. Continue reading... Go to Source

SNP MP Margaret Ferrier took train after positive Covid test Ferrier urged to resign after travelling from London to Scotland knowing she had coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn MP is facing calls for her resignation after taking a train from London to Scotland knowing she had tested positive for Covid-19.Margaret Ferrier, the Scottish National party MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, apologised unreservedly for two major breaches of Covid regulations since she began suffering symptoms of the virus on Saturday. Continue reading... Go to Source

UK tested Channel ‘blockade’ to deter migrants, leak reveals Exclusive: official document shows tactic based on Australian ‘turn back the boats’ policy has been trialledTrials have taken place to test a blockade in the Channel similar to Australia’s controversial “turn back the boats” tactic, according to official documents seen by the Guardian.The documents, produced in mid-September and marked “official” and “sensitive”, summarise advice from officials who were asked by Downing Street to consider “possible options for negotiating an offshore asylum processing facility similar to the Australian model in Papua New Guinea and Nauru”. Continue reading... Go to Source

'A tremendous legacy': Jenni Murray ends her tenure on BBC's Woman's Hour Warm tributes were paid to the long-serving host of the flagship Radio 4 show With a specially baked cake from Mary Berry and a blue plaque in her honour on her favourite work chair, Dame Jenni Murray acknowledged that it felt “very, very strange” to be hosting her final edition of Woman’s Hour after 33 years. Murray, the BBC Radio 4 show’s longest serving host, took up her post in September 1987 and ended her tenure on Thursday, played out by Helen Reddy’s anthem I Am Woman. Continue reading... Go to Source

HPV vaccine helps prevent invasive cervical cancer, landmark study shows Research is first to show vaccination helps protect against more than just pre-cancerous changesVaccinating populations against the human papillomavirus, which causes most cases of cervical cancer, is effective and saves lives, according to a milestone Swedish study.The results were welcomed as a significant moment in the fight to eradicate cervical cancer, which kills more than 250,000 women a year. Continue reading... Go to Source

UK coronavirus live: indoor mixing ban extended to Merseyside, Warrington, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough Government recommends no social mixing between people from different households in these areas, Matt Hancock tells MPsHancock announces restrictions in Merseyside, Warrington and TeessideOne in 100 people have Covid-19 in north-west England, study showsJeremy Corbyn and Stanley Johnson apologise for Covid breachesGlobal coronavirus updates – liveEU launches legal action against UK for breaching withdrawal agreement 12.40pm BST The archbishop of Canterbury and the bishop of Durham have urged the government to extend free school meals to every child whose family is on universal credit, and expand holiday provision to all children on free school meals, saying the number of families who c...

Brexit: EU launches legal action against UK for breaching withdrawal agreement UK put on formal notice over internal market bill, which ministers admit breaks international lawThe EU has launched legal action against the UK after Boris Johnson failed to respond to Brussels’ demand that he drop legislation that would overwrite the withdrawal agreement and break international law.Ursula von der Leyen, the European commission president, announced that the UK had been put on formal notice over the internal market bill tabled by the prime minister last month. Continue reading... Go to Source

Steve McQueen and Bernardine Evaristo named among '100 great black Britons' List celebrates high-achieving black British individuals over past 400 years The model and transgender activist Munroe Bergdorf, the artist and film director Steve McQueen and the Booker prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo are among the new names on a list celebrating key black individuals over the past 400 years.The mayor of Bristol, Marvin Rees, businesswoman Sharon White and British Vogue’s first black editor, Edward Enninful, are among other new entries on the list of 100 great black Britons, whose stories are told in a book of the same name. Continue reading... Go to Source

Former England boxer turns pro after winning fight with Home Office Kelvin Bilal Fawaz, who was trafficked as a child and has won right to stay in UK, signs with top promoterThe former England amateur boxer Kelvin Bilal Fawaz, who won his 16-year legal battle with the Home Office for the right to remain in the UK, is launching his professional career after being signed by MTK Global, one of the world’s largest boxing management agencies.Fawaz, who has represented England six times and was once an amateur champion, has spent his adult life struggling to establish his nationality and immigration status after being trafficked from Nigeria to the UK as a child and kept in domestic servitude. Continue reading... Go to Source